The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-11-04
SOUTHERN oLEANlNos.

Governor Gordon of Georgia, in re-
cent interview, said that prohibition had
been tried through local option in 100 out
of the 157 counties of the State, and not
one county had gone back on its action.
He d d not hesitate to pronounce the re.
suit good, Atlanta has not been dam
aged. All fears of trade being diverted
had proven groundle5s The change had
noticeably benefited the freedmen.
Crowds of people went to Richmond,
Va, to witness the Inauguration of the
Lee monument. A majority of the early
arrivals were those that have bsen rarely
seen in Richmond since the war. There
were old soldiers from the interior cOun-
ties who have been saving up for months
in order to be present to see the statue Of
''Ole Marse Bob's," as hey aifectionatelY
called their old commander. Another
class was made up of those who, before
the war, comprised the landed gentry, and
who have, since the termination of tho
contest, been living in seclusion, out of
accord with the new era, or saddened BY
the loss of fortune. So the city was filed
with new faces, though these visitors
were nearly all Virginians.
While attempting to escape from the
Jail at Hot Springs, Ark, few days ago,
a prisoner named Jasper Duncan was shot
and killed.
F. C. Wadsworth, resident of Vicks-
burg, Miss, for the pas t fOrty-seven years,
died at his residence a few days ago, aged
seventy-on years.
The cotton receipts at Helena, Ark,
have been larger the past week than ever
before in her history, the receipts being
400 bales So far the receipts for the
season are 5000 bales ahead of last wear.
Richard Paxton Of the Buckner Guards
at Harrodsburg KY, while on the way to
the armOry a few evenings since, entered
saloon in which Henry Passmore, the
barkeeper, was alone. Three shots were
heard and Paxton emerged shortly after
wards and fell dead.
Information is to the effect that all diff
culties with the striking negro labOrers
on the sugar plantations in Terre Bonne
Parish, La, have been adiusted. they
having agreed to resume work. The in.
fantry and artillery militia have been re-
called.
The Kansas City, Memphis s. Birming-
ham railroad bridge across the TOmbig-
bee river at Aberdeen, Miss, is progress
ing favorably, and TIE three center piers
are fast approaching completion, and are
already out of danger of the rising of the
river.
capable of seating 1909 persons has been
agreed upon for the Moody meetings in
Louisville, KY. Tie building viii be To-
Gated on the vacant lot belonging to the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
and it is proposed shall be ready for occu-
pany by January 1, 1888, at which date
Mr. Moody is expected.
JOS. linton, negro preach n, was killed
at Memphis, Tenn, a few day s ago by Joe
Dixon, negro barber, who cut Dixon
twice with a razor in the groin Dixon, it
is alleged, claimed that TiptCn was too
intimate with his wife and lie has frs-
quently threatened to take Tipton's life.
Dixon has disappeared.
The remains of John Hotchkiss, son of
Rev. e. B. Hotchkiss, of Hot Springs,
Ark, were taken homo from Fulton few
days ago and buried. The body was
found hear Hope badly mangled, aud the
circumstances indicated that the young
man had ia len from freight train on
the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
railway and was crushed by the wheels.
He was employed as brakeman on that
road.
The forthcoming annual report Of she
South Carolina Commission of AgriCul-
ture, now in the hands OF the State print
OF, estimates the aggregate value of the
principal crops produced in the State the
present year at $40, ,96S, 900, which exceeds
the value of agricultural productions as
| s., 5,O00.0 900, and that of last year by about
S3, O0O, 900.
The gin house of Taggart & Howell, at
Pine Bluff, caught fire few nights ago
and being a frame structure, was speed
ily reduced to ashes. The transfer stables
| of W. +. Rtchie, adjoining, were also
! burned, together with a portion OF his
wagons, harness, etc, and a large stock
of feed. There We're thirty to forty bales
of cotton burned, and considerable
quantity of cotton seed. The gin house
and machinery were insured, but the
amount is not known. The loss on every
thing is $4,000 10 $4,000.
George Bangs, Samuel Houston, Joseph
| S. Winter and W. w. Thomas, recently
tried at Jacksonville Fla, for the killing
of William Mae Williams were acquitted.
judge MacLean said ne had given the
| closest attention to the evidence, and was
convinced that the killing of MacWilliam
was done in self-defense by Bangs, and
| that there was no evidence whatever tend
ing to Crminate the others. The verdict
| was greeted by cheers from the hundred
! or more present, and scores approached
Bangs and shook him by the hand. Ovet
seventy witnesses were examined, anC
the evidence all tended to clear Bangs.
The steamboat Alberta, plying between
Memphis and White river points, while er
route for the former place, was burned {
few days ago at Indian Bay, Ark. He
cargo, consisting of 572 bales of cotton, q
big lot of cottonseed and seed cotton IL
sacks, is total loss. Captain Gibbs, Tia
first clerk, lost his wife, but no other casu-
alties are reported. The boats papers,
books and money are reported lost. Th
cargo was consigned to Memphis mer
chants. The cause of the fire is not known
The east bound accommodation train 0
the Florida Railway & Navigation Com
pany ran off the track eight miles east o
Tallahassee a few days ago A broker
rail occasioned the accident. The engiu.
and tender safely passed over, but tn,
following refrigerator car fell over. DRAG
ging down the two passenger coaches fol
lowing. The cars fell fully fifteen feet
fortunately turning over only on theh
sides There were only ten passenger
aboard, and, with the exception of Sc
we're shaking up and cuts from broken
glass, only five were badly hurt.
jefferson Davis is visiting Macon, Ga,
Miss Annie Larner, aged one hundred
and five years, died at BlIltOwn, Ky, re
Gently. She was remarkable old wom-
an, never having been ma rried, never
using glasses and never being sick until
her final Illness. She was born on hp-
board, her parents being on the way tc
this country from Ireland
Frances Lammer, the little fve-year-old
daughter Of Frank Lammer, who disap-
peared from her home at Louisville, Ky,
so mysteriOuslv, was found in a negro
hut about seven miles from the city limits.
The negro woman who had charge of the
child was arrested. 1t is thought to have
been deliberate attempt at kidnapping.
Yellow fever holds its ground yet at
Tampa, Fla.
The Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta.
Ga, netted a cash profit Of $4,000, be-
sides paying over Sl50,00 for the build.
ing and grounds. The success has cause ed
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